Midpoint on a great circle

Percentage Accurate: 98.7% → 98.6%

Time: 20.8s

Alternatives: 23

Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)))
   (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))

C

double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))
end function

Java

public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + Math.atan2((Math.cos(phi2) * Math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (Math.cos(phi1) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}

Python

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return lambda1 + math.atan2((math.cos(phi2) * math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (math.cos(phi1) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))

Julia

function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(lambda1 + atan(Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))), Float64(cos(phi1) + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
end

Wolfram

code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(lambda1 + N[ArcTan[N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Initial Program: 98.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)))
   (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))

C

double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))
end function

Java

public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + Math.atan2((Math.cos(phi2) * Math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (Math.cos(phi1) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}

Python

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return lambda1 + math.atan2((math.cos(phi2) * math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (math.cos(phi1) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))

Julia

function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(lambda1 + atan(Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))), Float64(cos(phi1) + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
end

Wolfram

code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(lambda1 + N[ArcTan[N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Alternative 1: 98.6% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\\ \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(t\_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{1}{t\_0}, \cos \phi_1\right)} \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (cos (+ lambda1 lambda2))))
   (+
    lambda1
    (atan2
     (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)))
     (fma
      (* t_0 (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))
      (* (cos phi2) (/ 1.0 t_0))
      (cos phi1))))))

C

double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((lambda1 + lambda2));
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), fma((t_0 * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi2) * (1.0 / t_0)), cos(phi1)));
}

Julia

function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(Float64(lambda1 + lambda2))
	return Float64(lambda1 + atan(Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))), fma(Float64(t_0 * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))), Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(1.0 / t_0)), cos(phi1))))
end

Wolfram

code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Cos[N[(lambda1 + lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(lambda1 + N[ArcTan[N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(t$95$0 * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 / t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.9%

   \[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
2. Add Preprocessing
3. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lift-cos.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   2. lift--.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   3. cos-diff N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   4. flip-+ N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}}} \]

   5. cos-sum N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}} \]

   6. clear-num N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}}}} \]

   7. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}}}} \]

   8. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}}}} \]

   9. lower-cos.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{\color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}}} \]

   10. lower-+.f64 N/A

       \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{\cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}}} \]

   11. difference-of-squares N/A

       \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}}}} \]

4. Applied rewrites 98.9%

   \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}}} \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lift-+.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}}} \]

   2. +-commutative N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} + \cos \phi_1}} \]

   3. lift-*.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{1}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}} + \cos \phi_1} \]

   4. lift-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}} + \cos \phi_1} \]

   5. lift-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}} + \cos \phi_1} \]

   6. clear-num N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} + \cos \phi_1} \]

   7. lift-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} + \cos \phi_1} \]

6. Applied rewrites 98.9%

   \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \frac{1}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1\right)}} \]

7. Final simplification 98.9%

   \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{1}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}, \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
8. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 98.7% accurate, 0.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\\ \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{t\_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t\_0}} \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (cos (+ lambda1 lambda2))))
   (+
    lambda1
    (atan2
     (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)))
     (+
      (cos phi1)
      (* (cos phi2) (/ (* t_0 (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))) t_0)))))))

C

double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((lambda1 + lambda2));
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * ((t_0 * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) / t_0))));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    t_0 = cos((lambda1 + lambda2))
    code = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * ((t_0 * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) / t_0))))
end function

Java

public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.cos((lambda1 + lambda2));
	return lambda1 + Math.atan2((Math.cos(phi2) * Math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (Math.cos(phi1) + (Math.cos(phi2) * ((t_0 * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) / t_0))));
}

Python

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.cos((lambda1 + lambda2))
	return lambda1 + math.atan2((math.cos(phi2) * math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (math.cos(phi1) + (math.cos(phi2) * ((t_0 * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) / t_0))))

Julia

function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(Float64(lambda1 + lambda2))
	return Float64(lambda1 + atan(Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))), Float64(cos(phi1) + Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(t_0 * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))) / t_0)))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos((lambda1 + lambda2));
	tmp = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * ((t_0 * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) / t_0))));
end

Wolfram

code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Cos[N[(lambda1 + lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(lambda1 + N[ArcTan[N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(t$95$0 * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 98.7%

   \[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
2. Add Preprocessing
3. Step-by-step derivation

   1. lift-cos.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   2. lift--.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   3. cos-diff N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   4. flip-+ N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}}} \]

   5. cos-sum N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}} \]

   6. lower-/.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}} \]

   7. difference-of-squares N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   8. cos-diff N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   9. lift--.f64 N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   10. lift-cos.f64 N/A

       \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   11. cos-sum N/A

       \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   12. lower-*.f64 N/A

       \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   13. lower-cos.f64 N/A

       \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   14. lower-+.f64 N/A

       \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} \]

   15. lower-cos.f64 N/A

       \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}} \]

4. Applied rewrites 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}}} \]

5. Final simplification 98.7%

   \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}} \]
6. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024219 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Midpoint on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))